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All Thais evacuated from Lebanon to safe places
19/7/2006 16:50

All 100 Thai workers in Beirut, Lebanon's capital city, have been evacuated to safe places, Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced here on Wednesday.

Thailand's Charge d'affaires in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh Suvat Chirapant and Ambassador to Israel Kasivat Paruggamamont have reported to Thai foreign ministry that 11 more Thai workers were moved out of Beirut and arrived in Syria's capital of Damascus Tuesday evening.

This makes the number of Thai laborers evacuated to Damascus increase to 26 so far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement released Wednesday morning.

The remaining 74 Thai workers were also evacuated from at-risk areas to safe places Tuesday evening, said the official statement.

All the 100 Thai nationals in Beirut were evacuated following a series of aerial bombing attacks against prime targets in Lebanon by Israel's air force over the past week.



Xinhua News